Boo Williams boys play host to the HoopFest Southern Jam this weekend

After evening its record at 7-7 in Nike's Elite Youth Basketball League, the Boo williams Summer League 17-under elite tam faces different competition this weekend in the HoopGroup Southern Jam at the Boo williams Sportsplex.

While the EYBL is made up of the top team sponsored by Nike from across the country, this tournament will include 48 teams from New York to Charlotte.

Instead of a league format that is used by the EYBL, this is a true tournament. Each team will play two games in its pool, then the teams advance either to a consolation game for third-place finishers, or to gold and silver championship brackets for brackets winners and runners-up.

In all, a team that reaches the gold or silver championship game will play six games from Friday night through Sunday afternoon.

And while the talent level isn't as strong overall as in the Nike EYBL, there are some strong team in the field.

Fivestarbasketball.com ranks the D.C. Assault No. 8 in the country and Garner Road of North Carolina is ranked 13th.

The Boo Williams elite team is in a bracket with D.C. Assault's B team and the NEBC team from New York.

BWSL plays NEBC at 5 Friday night and the D.C. Assault B team at 3:40 Saturday afternoon in pool play.

The BWSL B team, which is coached by Jermaine Woods, is bracketed with Team Loaded from the Richmond area and the South Jersey Select team.

Pool gamer for the B team are 6:15 Friday against Team Loaded and 8:30 Saturday morning against the South Jersey Select team.

Four other teams that play under the BWSL banner will compete.

The 16-under division has the top Boo Williams' team, plus the BWSL Suffolk Blazers.

The 15-under bracket includes two teams from the BWSL

Games start at 5 p.m. Friday. The last games are scheduled to start at 2:30 Sunday afternoon.

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Boo's elite team finishes EYBL regular-season games Memorial Day weekend in the San Francisco area. The elite girls team is off until playing in the Rumble in the Bronx in new York City June 1-3.